Posts under ‘Wilderness’

One City’s Wilderness Portland’s Forest Park Third Edition Marcy Cottrell Houle Maps by Erik Goetze Situated in the rugged hills west of Portland, Oregon, Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world and the only city wilderness park in the United States. The park is home to hundreds of native plants [...]

Just in time for the first trillium blossoms of spring, the Forest Park map is ready for general use. This map went through several months of development and a couple months of beta testing. The current version of the map is v615 — if you have an older version, make sure to download the latest [...]

Risk lurks in Sierra waters: “…hikers heading to the Sierra Nevada this summer should be extra careful about where they find their drinking water, particularly if cows are nearby. That’s the upshot of a new study that found cattle-grazing in national forests between Lake Tahoe and Mount Whitney is the leading source of E. coli [...]

More bucks for nature’s beauty: “Entrance fees are going up at 17 National Park Service sites, most for the first time since 1997. Some also raised prices for annual passes. Many increases are $5 or less, but at California’s Death Valley and Sequoia & Kings Canyon parks, entrance fees have doubled.” (Via LA Times: Travel.)